alt Hacker NewsThe deeper problem is that Microsoft keeps trying to solve GUI consistency at the framework layer instead of the design system layer. WinForms, WPF, UWP, WinUI -- each one a new framework, each one eventually abandoned.
Apple solved this by treating the design system as the product and letting the framework be invisible. Microsoft has it backwards every time.
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pjmlp • today at 5:34 AM
Being a 70's child, in computing since the mid 80s you made me almost spill my Monday coffee.
What a laugh, do you want the examples on Apple's side?
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GaProgMan • today at 5:03 AM
I agree. Except that WinForms has not been abandoned. In fact, it's one of the supported paths in the modern .NET stack.
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gunsle • today at 3:37 AM
Insightful comment
You can't just take 40 years of Win32 apps and add the Metro design language, touchscreen compatibility, or dark mode system-wide. WPF nowadays has a skin that imitates WinUI, so at least Microsoft is trying.